Quote#Art
It was inevitable that artists should turn around and question the…
Quote byRoger Fry · 1866–1934
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Art Quotes, Lecture to Fabian Soiety 1917 Art and Life from Vision and design by Roger Fry , Forgotten Books , 2012.
English (original)
It was inevitable that artists should turn around and question the validity of the fundamental assumption that art aimed at representation; and the moment the question was fairly posed it became clear the pseudo scientific assumption that fidelity to appearance was the measure of art had no logical foundation.
— Roger Fry
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